History of Western Art(Early Renaissance: Giotto, Masaccio)
INTRODUCTION(the Italian Renaissance , c 1250-1550)
In late medieval period, from about 1000 AD, paintings mainly took place in monasteries.
Paintings were done in the manuscripts, monks would use gold leaf in the illumination and a range of stylized imagery was used.
Occasionally, walls were decorated with the scenes from Bible, thus the paintings made at that time was very much religious….
There were no TRUE PORTRAITS
No TRUE LANDSCAPES either
Consequently no TRUE ARTISTS…